LEADER 00000pam 2200325 i 4500 003 DLC 005 20211117092710.7 008 210709s2021 nyu e 000 1 eng 010 2021028644 020 9781250261953|q(hardcover) 040 DLC|beng|erda|cDLC|dGCmBT|dUtOrBLW 042 pcc 043 e-uk--- 082 00 823/.92|223 092 |fF|aJAGO 100 1 Jago, Lucy,|eauthor. 245 12 A net for small fishes /|cLucy Jago. 250 First U.S. edition. 264 1 New York, NY :|bFlatiron Books,|c2021. 300 336 pages ;|c22 cm 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 338 volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 520 ""A bravura historical debut . . . a gloriously immersive escape." -Guardian Wolf Hall meets The Favourite in Lucy Jago's A Net For Small Fishes, a gripping dark novel based on the true scandal of two women determined to create their own fates in the Jacobean court. With Frankie, I could have the life I had always wanted . . . and with me she could forge something more satisfying from her own . . . When Frances Howard, beautiful but unhappy wife of the Earl of Essex, meets the talented Anne Turner, the two strike up an unlikely, yet powerful, friendship. Frances makes Anne her confidante, sweeping her into a glamorous and extravagant world, riven with bitter rivalry. As the women grow closer, each hopes to change her circumstances. Frances is trapped in a miserable marriage while loving another, and newly-widowed Anne struggles to keep herself and her six children alive as she waits for a promised proposal. A desperate plan to change their fortunes is hatched. But navigating the Jacobean court is a dangerous game and one misstep could cost them everything"-- |cProvided by publisher. 600 10 Somerset, Frances Howard Carr,|cCountess of,|d1593-1632 |vFiction. 600 10 Turner, Anne,|d1576-1615|vFiction. 651 0 Great Britain|xHistory|yJames I, 1603-1625|vFiction. 655 7 Historical fiction.|2lcgft
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